his folks immediate the federal government right now. and i must say, i wish more officials would act like this. i think this is what -- i think this is what americans are hungrying for is officials that can come together, put partisanship aside and try to solve the problem whatever it is. >> ten president said the other day he's not worried about the impact of sandy on his election right now, he's worried about the impact on families. what do you think, bob, ultimately this hurricane sandy will have this frankenstorm will have on this election? >> you know, i think it's probably, gayle, it's going to be a wash. it's down the battleground states. virginia, north carolina, these were the states on the east coast that were hardest hit. it had a slight impact, i think, on the early voting in those states. but i'm told that both of those states will have their polling places up and running on election day. i think as the political director for the romney campaign told me just yesterday, he said look, it's the same storm in the same states fo